Many businesses located in Ukraine were forced to shut down or cease operations due to the conflict with Russia. However, many cryptocurrency-related companies have survived, although staff have been relocated to bomb shelters around the world, and face uncertain times.

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Arsenii Hurtavtsov, a Ukrainian national and CEO of nonfungible token service provider Finch, said he managed to get on one of the last flights from Kyiv to Azerbaijan on Feb. 23 before the country began blocking many men from leaving, likely in anticipation of needing individuals for the country’s military. Shortly after his escape, he joined his chief operating officer, Alina Varakuta in Dubai.